Time-limit ticket.



No. 742,546. PATENTBD 00T. 27, 1903.. R. w. woon.

TIME LIMIT TICKET.

APPLIOATION FILEDJULY 10,4 1902. I0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented October 2'?, 1903.

APATENT OFFICE.

''llVlE-LINIIT YTICKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Application iilerl July 10, 1902.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD WM. WOOD, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the city of Seattle, county of King, andState of Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Time- Limit Tickets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in time-limit tickets, and hasspecial reference to a ticket of this class especially useful as atransfer-ticket on street-railway lines or local trains. Among numerousobjects attained by this invention, and readily understood from thefollowing specification and accompanying drawing included as a partthereof, is the production of a ticket of the above class embodyingessential features of arrangement, simplicity, and adaptability, whichvgreatly facilitates the action of issuing the ticket and reduces to aminimum the chances of making a mistake.

The above-mentioned and numerous other.

objects equally as desirable are attained by thecombination,arrangement,and placement of characters as disclosed on theaccompanying drawing, set forth in this specification, and succinctlypointed out in the appended claims.

The drawing filed herewith and included as a part of this specificationdiscloses by a simple view the face of a ticket with charactersindicated thereon as comprehended by my invention and arranged in theirpreferred embodiment.

My invention comprehends the use of charactors indicating the name ofdays of a week as the base of operation, and as now considered thecharacters employed for this purpose are abbreviated names of the daysthemselves, as Sun., Mon., Tues., dac., which are the most familiardesignations for this purpose, and these abbreviations are arranged onthe ticket one over the other in a single or in a plurality of verticalcolumns. Associated with each of these day-of-the-week characters ornames I have arranged a series of characters, as numbers, denotingcertain hours of the day, as from l to 12, which are placed inconsecutive order and in alinement with first said characters in ahorizontal row,

Letters Patent No. 742,546, dated october 27, 1903.

Serial No. 115,034. (No model.)

and similar characters in the several rows of hour designations arepreferably disposed in vertical alinement when more than onedayof-the-week character is employed on a single ticket, as in thepresent instance.

Arranged along the lower margin of the ticket are a plurality of seriesof characters denoting periods of time into which the hours are divided,and each of these series as now considered consist of figures from l to5,

arranged in a vertical column and adaptedte conveniently divide the hourinto fractional parts each of ten minutes duration. Associated with eachof these series of hour-fraction characters is a character indicating atransferpoint-as, for example, the name of a streetwhich is printed onthe ticket with the word or words comprising same extending verticallyand parallel to the hour-fraction characters, so as to be associatedtherewith more closely. Suitable discernible dividing-lines arepreferably placed between each series of the hour-fraction charactersand the transferindicating characters associated with the adjoiningseries when a plurality of said series are employed, so as to clearlyindicate which of each of said characters are relatively associated. Inthe present instance suitable characters, as the letters A7 and P, arearranged with the associated transfer-indicating and hour-fractioncharacters to give each a value relatively to the morning and afternoonof the day, the A standing for A. M. and the P standing for P. M., andthese morning and afternoon designations are preferably placed at thetop of a respective column.

As now included, the characters representing the names of the days of aweek and the heur-designating characters are arranged on the centerportion of the ticket and read froml left to right, while the charactersdesignating fractions of the hours are disposed transversely thereto invertical columns on the lower margin of the ticket, and the meansindicating transfer-points are placed parallel with these verticalcolumns, so that they read from the lower edge of the ticket. Thisarrangement of the characters is an important feature, as it brings thetransferindicating characters and the hour-fraction characters togetherclose to the edge of the ticket, where IOO they are readily accessiblefor punching and can be instantly noted by the conductor, and,furthermore, can be thus placed on a short ticket in great multiplicity,as desirable when numerous transfer-points are to be considered, whileplacing thereabove of the hourdesignating characters and theday-of-theweek characters in horizontal lines allows all punching to bedone from one edge of the ticket, and thereby avoids swinging same andgreatly facilitates the issue thereof.

By the arrangement of characters as herein set forth the Work of issueof a timelimit ticket is reduced to a minimum, as but two punch-marks orthe like are necessary to fully cover the day of the week, theparticular part of the day, the hour, the fraction of the hour, and thepoint ot' transfer.

To issue a ticket arranged for time-limit, as above, the numberdesignating the hour of the day is first selected from the row followingthe name of the day on which the transferis issued and is punched. Thenthe number indicating the desired fraction of the hour is selected fromthe series associated with the name indicating the desired point oftransfer and a punch-mark made either on this number or in the saidtransfer-name ata point immediately opposite, according to whetherit isP. M. or A. M. It of course will be understood that the conductor maypunch the hour in several tickets simultaneously before entering thecar, when each transfer called for can then be completed by a singleaction, th ns greatly facilitating the issue of transfers, as desirablein crowded cars passing over short routes having numeroustransfer-points.

By incorporating the names of the days of the week on such a ticket asthe base of operation the issue thereof is greatly facilitated, as but afew characters are required to fully cover the period, and the number ofcharacters designating hours of the day are consequently greatlyreduced, and consequently the desired character for punching morereadily selected, while the arrangement of each series of hour-fractioncharacters with a transfer-indicating character reduces to a minimum theaction of making the ticket for A. M. 0r P. M fraction of the hour, andtransfer-points.

From the foregoing the use of the ticket will be readily comprehendedand the various modifications and changes which maybe made withoutdeparting from the essence of the invention readily understood; but,stated brieliy, the action of issuing such a ticket would besubstantially as follows: The character designating the desired hour andwhich follows the character designating the name of the day of issue islirst selected and punched. Then the character indicating the point oftransfer is sighted, and the character designating the particularfraction of the hour is noted in the series of characters associatedtherewith and a punch-mark made either directly on this character ordirectly opposite in the said transfer indicating character, accordingto whether it is A. M. or P. M, or if it is desired to indicate but theeven hour-the second punch-mark may be made at the letters A or P.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States of America, is-

l. In a ticket of the natureindicated; a series of characters or figuresdesignating fractional parts ot' an hour arranged in alinement, and acharacter or name indicating a transfer-point associated therewith andarranged parallel the line of figures.

2. In a ticket of the nature indicated having hour-designatingcharacters, a series of characters or figures designating fractionalparts of an hour arranged in a vertical column, a character or nameindicatinga transfer-point associated therewith and arranged parallelsaid column, and characters or letters arranged with said figures andname to give them a value relatively to the morning or afternoon of theday.

3. In a ticket of the nature indicated; a character or abbreviationdenoting the name of the day of the week, figures or charactersassociated therewith and denoting the hour of the day, a character orname indicating a transfer-point, and a series of characters or figuresdesignating fractional parts of an hour arranged in alinement parallelwith said transfer-indicating character.l

4. In a ticket of the nature indicated; characters or abbreviationsdenoting the names of days of the week arranged in a vertical column,figures or characters denoting the hours of the day arranged inahorizontal row in line with each of said day-of-the-week characters,series of characters or figures designating fractional parts of an hourarranged in a vertical column and a character or name indicating atransfer-point associated with each of said series and arranged paralleltherewith, the said series being designated to denote the fractions ofthe hours of A. M. and the said name also being designated to denote thehours of P. M.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 12th day of June, 1902.

RICHARD WM. WOOD. Witnesses:

WM. M. GOODMAN, GEO. R. MONROE, Jr.

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